Established in 1972, the Africana Studies program is one of the oldest Black Studies programs in the New England area. The program is committed to the original goals of the Black Studies movement of furthering a Black intellectual tradition and providing a corrective critique to the dominant Eurocentric narratives and academic discourse. Graduates of the program, which offers a trans-disciplinary curriculum in the arts, humanities and social/behavioral sciences, have gone on to establish successful careers in academia, education, law, public policy and social work. Students will learn to identify important contributors to the field, recite major events and persons in the chronology of the global black experience, and demonstrate familiarity with the history and impact of resistance against racism, colonialism, enslavement, poverty and injustice.